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Luke 9:59
Luke 9:59 is verse 59 of Luke chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
King James Version
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
World English Bible
He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
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Luke 9:57–61 · Berean Standard Bible
57 As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”
58 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
59 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
60 But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 4:19“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
Matthew 4:20And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Matthew 4:21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
Matthew 4:22and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
Matthew 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
1 Kings 19:20So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
Haggai 1:2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Matthew 8:21Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
Matthew 8:22But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”